The roads were so treacherous that what should have been a five-minute drive took 40 minutes. My mum didn’t speak much English, so I did the talking Read more in the kindness of strangers series I was graduating from university the same day Storm Goretti was due to hit Birmingham. The forecast ...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/10/kindness-of-strangers-leo-drove-us-home-in-a-blizzard-and-his-parting-words-have-stayed-with-me)

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